adjective
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undercover...agent (= secret )
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an undercover agent
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■ NOUN
agent
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The Fedpol had undercover agents there, naturally, but no official presence.
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Michael Osborne told investigators that drugs were so prevalent at Cyberzone that undercover agents needed help from fellow deputies working off-duty.
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In the guise of travelling labourers they were sent to Wokingham Fair as undercover agents .
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I want to apply to become an undercover agent .
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Normally, however, he was resident in London, operating as an undercover agent there.
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The informant showed gun crates marked with the names of Norinco and Poly Technologies to an undercover agent .
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They had undercover agents everywhere in the hotel.
cop
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But it's great fun watching these little monsters give undercover cop Arnie the run-around.
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People dived aside as undercover cops ambushed a post office raid.
investigation
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The two-year undercover investigation which culminated Thursday, involved 130 searches in 36 states.
officer
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In fact, it was a police exercise and was solely staffed by two undercover officers calling themselves Gary and Aggi.
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Aron stated she was willing to pay for services, and she and the undercover officer discussed money.
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Annalisa Sellen was one of the undercover officers responsible for the operation.
operation
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There was also widespread disquiet over the nature of the undercover operation which had trapped him.
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Postal inspectors changed the name of the business to Island Male, and ran it as an undercover operation .
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Dolezal decides to play detective in a one man undercover operation , wandering naively into deathtrap after deathtrap.
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They died almost five years ago in the undercover operation near Omagh, Co Tyrone.
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According to law-enforcement sources, it was part of Operation Corea, an undercover operation designed to track the flow of heroin.
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Police would be allowed to use undercover operations and to tap telephones in the course of anti-Mafia investigations.
operative
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An on-site undercover operative can offer an employer protection without the presence of an armed guard.
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Some companies routinely bring in undercover operatives every six to 12 months, Kimmons said.
work
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But the covert groupings have had their undercover work rumbled by loyalists.
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You have people who do undercover work , I believe, like mingle with students or go to political meetings.
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an undercover investigation
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He was arrested after trying to sell guns to an undercover FBI agent.
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People dived aside as undercover cops ambushed a planned post office raid.
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Six members of a drug-smuggling gang were arrested after an 18-month undercover police operation.
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The unit is equipped to deal with a variety of situations, including undercover surveillance.
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How about undercover angels dressed as Batman and Robin?
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However, the two men he approached to arrange the murder were undercover detectives and Taylor and his daughter were arrested.
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I want to apply to become an undercover agent.
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In a rare public statement, the tough undercover soldiers - whose motto is Who Dares Wins - have apologised.
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One final question seems pertinent: What would the response have been had Mr Brettell's offence involved instead an undercover policewoman?
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Then I heard the slap-slap-slap of rubber-soled feet coming across the yard and did what any ice-cool undercover dude would do.